Creating a nation is one thing, keeping it together and building its character is quite another. The first can be achieved by creating borders on land, water, and sky and keeping them safe from the enemy; the second needs a much wider as well as in-depth approach at multiple levels to ensure the ideals on which the nation was formed remain intact and relevant. The first needs soldiers to do the job; the second, litterateurs. And, just like how the loss of a soldier is colossal to the entire nation, so is the loss of a writer or a poet. India recently suffered that loss when renowned Urdu poet Bashir Badr bade adieu to this world, leaving behind a legacy of emotions.

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